Yes, yes... I know. It's the marmite of games, but I'm on the "loving it" side of the fence.

An ex-student of mine messaged me with an idea: we could use graph theory to find the shortest routes between Pokéstops.

What impressed me was that this ex-student was using maths in a "real world" situation to optimise a problem!

(Real world = Pokémon of course)

I have tried to shoehorn maths into situations to tick boxes, but using decision maths does come in useful in this instance. The closest I got to helping a student in reality was getting the class to make sure his paper round had the most efficient route.

I have made a network based on Game of Thrones, [HERE] but I can see this being another great example to use in the classroom. It'll be local, and it'll be useful. If not for the students, then for me!!!!